Another email I got. warning gag alert

by loosie 23 Replies latest jw experiences

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  loosie

  I guess they think that this illustration will make people pioneer.

  Some brothers wonder, why should I pioneer? They reason, Jehovah is merciful, and there will be many who are not pioneers that will make It into the paradise.

  Consider this illustration:

  A man had two donkeys and wondered which one to put the lighter

  weighing cotton on and which one to put the heavier weighing sugar on. He decided to let the donkeys choose.

  The one donkey went over to the bag of cotton and nudged it with his

  nose, then he went over to the bag of sugar and nudged it. Then the donkey went back to the bag of cotton and nudged it with his nose again. The man reasoned that the donkey chose the bag of cotton and puts it on the donkey. He then put the bag of sugar on the other donkey, and they got on their way.

  As they went along, the donkey with the sugar struggled under its load. On the other hand, the donkey with the cotton was having little trouble at all.

  Finally they came to the river, and look, the bridge was out!

  The only way to get to the other side was to swim.

  What do you think happened? First the donkey with the sugar started to swim across.

  He felt as if his load was getting lighter! As he swam the sugar began

  to dissolve, and the farther he swam, the lighter his load became. Finally he reached the other side,wet, but only slightly worn from the experience. What about the donkey with the bag of cotton? As he swam along, he felt his

  load was getting heavier and heavier. Well, as he swam the cotton began to absorb the

  Water. The more he swam, the heavier the bag of cotton became. Exhausted and now overburdened,he sank beneath the water, never to be seen again.

  Some today hesitate to carry a heavier load. Rather, they choose to carry a lighter load.

  When this system ends, and tribulation comes, those who are used to carrying a lighter load may find that the additional weight of test and trials are overwhelming.

  Sadly,some might not make it to the other side and may lose out on everlasting life.

  On the other hand, those who are used to carrying a heavier load, will probably find that the burdens they had to endure in this system of things were light in comparison To the final tests that face them at the end of this system. (Lam. 3:27)

  All of us, take a look at our circumstances and see if we cannot really take on a greater load in the preaching and teaching work. . . Because we will be strengthened now. For future trials in this system and in the great tribulation!
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  carla

  So what? being an ass is a good thing? We should be like a beast of burden? I thought Christ made our yoke easy and our burdens light.
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  B_Deserter

  If everyone pioneered, who would they mooch off of? If no one is working enough to afford to put money in the contribution boxes, then the congregations would go under!
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  knock knock

  Rutherford said he had "made an ass of himself" so it is up to all witnesses to follow his example. Is that the correct moral?
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  MissingLink

  This ass is staying away from the river. Tell the master to cary is own damn bags.
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  Abandoned

  Actually the man in this story is stupid enough for both donkeys. He lost his supply of sugar and ruined the supply of cotton. What a MORON!
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  brinjen

  So the moral of the story is, the man wasted his money buying the sugar and the cotton. He should have just bought a keg...
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  MissingLink

  So - the Man wasted his resources and wasted the lives of half of his workers.

  Sounds like the watchtower BtS to me.
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  grewupJWnoselfesteem78-95

  who is the man?????? is it the governing body
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  WTWizard

  I think that was a bad illustration. First, pioneers are not carrying a different type of load than publishers. They are only carrying bigger loads of the same thing. Second, the Great Tribulation is not going to make either load lighter. Instead, it will add the same burden to each side. The person that is already worn out from the bigger load is going to be crushed; the person with the lighter load might be able to make it in.

  Yet another crap stock illustration from the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger. I have yet to see a stock Puketower illustration that made sense when analyzed. The illustrations that Jesus used, when taken in context and with the type of people he used them on, actually made good sense. But the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger takes them out of context, applies them to people that they do not apply to, and twists them to suit the Tower's own needs. That is why I never used any of the stock illustrations I was given in my talks (they wanted people to use the stock illustration, which to me was nothing more than plagiarism).